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Blind Lake
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A Hugo-nominated science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Blind Lake is a small town in the desert, built around a large scientific installation called Eyeball Alley. There, researchers use technology even they don't fully understand to observe alien life on a distant world.Then, abruptly, the town is put under total military Lockdown. No contact with the outside is allowed, not even communication. Trapped in Blind Lake, the characters try to adapt to their new situation and figure out the reason for their sudden isolation.The story switches between the viewpoints of a number of characters. Among the most significant are: Marguerite Hauser, head scientist at Eyeball Alley Ray Scutter, her control-freak ex-husband Tess Hauser, their Oracular Urchin daughter Chris Carmody, a disgraced journalist with a martyr complex Subject, an alien being observed by the facilityAdvertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Lockdown | |
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Lockdown: Of the entire town, with not even communication allowed | |
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Brown Note | |
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Brown Note: Discussed as a possible reason for the information lockdown | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
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Driven to Suicide: Chris wrote a muckracking book about a man who subsequently committed suicide. Chris blames himself. | |
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Cargo Cult | |
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Cargo Cult: Not a major part of the plot, but the Crossbanks Starfish inspires some cults | |
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Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence | |
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Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Posited as a possible fate of the former inhabitants of HR8832/B | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Subject. Part of a deliberate effort not to anthropomorphize the aliens. | |
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20 Minutes into the Future | |
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20 Minutes into the Future: No specific date is given, but it can be inferred to be about 2047 based on an offhand comment in the narration about My Favorite Brunette being a century old. | |
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A Form You Are Comfortable With / int_5651ab17 | |
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Alien Geometries / int_5651ab17 | |
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Autism in Media / int_5651ab17 | |
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Bizarre Alien Reproduction / int_5651ab17 | |
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Black Box / int_5651ab17 | |
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Lockdown / int_5651ab17 | |
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Naming Your Colony World / int_5651ab17 | |
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Rage Against the Reflection / int_5651ab17 | |
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Touched by Vorlons / int_5651ab17 |
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